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Well, it was the doc that just blew up the place.
Although Phin gave him the opportunity.
They were Schtein’s bombs from the beginning!
But without Phin’s shank to kill that crazy aryan, could he have ever gotten the parts?

Doc is going to make an interesting supervillain. If he feels uncomfortable when people who are a threat to his life are killed, I can’t imagine what it will be like when he starts intentionally hurting those who aren’t much more than a nuisance.

Fear ye not! Phineas is a bastard, but you now know why (provided he wasn’t just spinning a tale to gain trust). With understanding comes acceptance. Plus, hell, he killed a man open-handed. That’s useful to have on your side, even if just for awhile.

… But he’s a likeable character :U I mean– he’s fucking LOVEABLE. He comes from a rather scarred past, he’s a little coocoo for cocoa puffs but his priorities are pretty straight, he loves his wife like there’s no tomorrow (which I find to be one of the strangest oddly compelling things about him) and he has a killer dental setup. I mean seriously, look at that gap? Can you seriously resist that gap? :D

Incredibly convenient. Two guards with full gear, including fully concealing gasmasks that don’t give off Schtein’s demon eyes. What a coincidence!
Second, only a complete idiot, excessively irrealistic cartoon character, or a Level 666 ninja would go for some kind of jump-attack-armbar-takedown when there is more than one attacker. I would also note that in order to break the guard’s arm, Phineas would have to lie on his back and overextend the limb over his pelvis; why/how is he doing it sitting upright? Oh right, so that he can conveniently reach up and stab the other guard in the neck.
Although the coloring, flow etc. is good as usual (thumbs up for that!), I can’t help but be dissappointed in this page.

Don’t think too hard on this winer, with that logic you can ruin 3/4 of peoples childhood dramas like X-Men, Transformers, Thundercats…. just stop looking for the flaws and enjoy the ride. Yanno. Unless you can actually make a better comic.

I’m fairly certain it was his neck that went *snap*… and that would be quite possible, if he slipped his heel under it, and then put pressure on the head with his upper calf…
And as for WHY, well, I somehow believe him when he says he didn’t think about it, and killing people in spectacularly unusual ways is kind of his thing. I mean come on, how boring would this all be if the people in this comic were acting reasonable?

Jeeze, this got some kinda mean replies. I’m not gonna lie that it didn’t irk me a bit as well. But I try to sit on stuff like that so I don’t just poop out a mean reply.

But, eh, you know, it’s also sort of flattering that I’ve apparently set the realism bar so high that I cannot possibly always keep it up (not sure how I did that, though, there’s a lot of unrealistic stuff flying around here, heh). I do a lot of research for this comic, but I am going to get things wrong on occasion. If anything, you can always read it like… Armastus isn’t a TRAINED fighter, he’s just a crazy pants, and he’s pretty strong from all that prison exercise. Excuse two is that I am only just now learning how to draw action scenes and I’ll get better eventually at it. Hopefully. I’ve got a lot more fight videos to watch.

Yeah, don’t start trashing someone who was just giving constructive critism. I was a little disappointed with the little panels too, although I was thinking they give a feeling of Doc looking at the action from distance. I would recommend giving more space to the action if (and that’s IF) you plan to ever redo the page. You can take advantage of the Internet by making a longer page if you want, or dividing it for two pages. I’m guessing you didn’t divide it now to get the punchline where you wanted, and because you don’t trust your skill to draw fighting scenes. But it’s ok, you are already better than average and I’m sure you’re gonna get better.
Wonderful colours and details as always :). String theory is one of my favorite webcomics.

Yanow, everyone is sayin how much the fruit snacks made them laugh, but I found it kind of a bitter shock. Phin is being all crazy and awesome killing people, then you realize the police man was a person and probably a dad. I mean, who else has fruit snacks?

Tellin’ yea- everyone in my area is getting in on the snack program ((and I’m not complaining >:3))
Interesting how much people can read into something though- we should really thank our english teachers!

The part that made me laugh (in semi-horror) was Finn’s “I wasn’t really thinking about it.” I don’t know. If he does this kinda madness offhand, imagine what he does when he’s got all his brainpower behind it! :|

they must have their insides full of hands
this is a good comic. getting greater every day yyyy
!! first panel plants are very cuteee
i can’t believe the action scene you livestreamed ended up being so tiny
you put so much work into every panel so much details it amazes
ilu

I stumbled across this comic yesterday while looking up “String Theory” and I absoluely love it! This is the first actual web-comic I’ve read so I’m still catching the jist of it all so I’m still getting used to this. Where do I begin? Your work is so amazing art and story wise, it leavse me flaberghasted on every page. I am in love! Actually, at first, I was just in love with Doc, you know, he’s just typically my kind of guy but then when Phin was introduced I fell in love with him! His back story is kind of awsome and the way people treat him kind of reminds me of the way people treat me sometimes… Keep up the good work, I look foreward to every page!

I read a comment on the previous page that mentioned some minor punctuation issues in Phineas’ speech bubbles. Hope you don’t mind a counterpoint. <:
In dialog, anything goes. Grammar matters, certainly, but in character dialog you're trying to give the illusion of spoken word, and people often aren't grammatical in how they talk. :-P Commas are especially negotiable– ultimately it comes down to how the character speaks. Commas imply a brief pause or certain changes in enunciation. I actually like the speech bubble that they thought needed a comma, since the lack of any implied pause gave him a quiet, flat tone in my head that I thought worked well with the scene.
Punctuation is just another writing tool. Mileage may vary with pretty much any choice you make. Some people get irritated when authors write out accents, for example. (y'all jus' wait one goshdurned secun'!). What matters is that the writing is clear, well-constructed, and conveys what you intend it to.

And while I love hyphens, I can understand why you might decide against changing and reuploading a page just to fix one. It's always more of a butt than people realize. <<

Did that guard try to mace Phineas? Kind of a bad idea on a guy who feels no pain. :I
Do Phineas’ eyes still tear up? They can probably be irritated but beyond blurring his vision, it probably wouldn’t do more than irritate him. Hm.